Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Contest winner, and minus a foot...

No guesses on the nose, (though lots of good ones!) so random.org says they'd like to be the first to congratulate Melissa for winning my little contest! Congrats! LMK your mailing particulars (I'll shoot off an email later too) and I'll get the Kona superwash fingering and dyes in the mail to you.

Almost there, just need a few more inches on the foot for the "evening stockings for a young lady..." The closer sock is the more accurate color. I still haven't tired of it, even though its creeping up on almost 2 weeks straight of just this project.

Well, not "just"...

I started Devan from Knitty Spring 2004 on Friday (5/26/06), in Patons Kroy 4 ply for a little "easy" knitting for car trips and such. As for my cable and rib toddler sweater with hood, I'm knitting the 1 year old size but the 2 year old length for my 2+ year old... still a shocker that I somehow had a hand in having a tall, skinny kid.

I'm knitting both front panels at the same time, just because and because I'll know the length will be the same (I'm not so good with the details you know...) I'll do the same with the sleeves.

Not sold on the color... the Kroy jacquard has thinner stripes that other faux fair isle sock yarns, so the bands of color vary from 2-4 rows wide-- noticeable difference in such a small area. Not bad, but I'd not use this colorway again for this pattern because of it. I'm also nervous about the stockinette curling at the edges... here's hoping a good blocking will cure it.

13 comments:

Socks and sweater are looking good! The Kroy jacquards are quite narrow stripes compared to Socka. I am itching to start a pair of socks, but I want to finish the child's sweater for the store first. Got a sleeve-and-a-half to go! I may start a pair on the weekend regardless if the sweater is done or not!

Your socks look so fab! Congrats on the book; I have to get that one - I have the 1st one which I love! The sweater is great; it will be so great for a little kid. I haven't decided on a pattern for my Trekking either; it is a little tricky to find something to compliment the colourways rather than just knitting up any old pattern with the wool.